Will Iraq be a democracy? The question is, 'Will America be a democracy?' — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty. — Shami Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
There's too much democracy in the culture, not enough in the society. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We want it to be a post- election coverage of the president-elect. — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
More than deciding who should come to power, the 2024 elections are about who should not. — M. K. Stalin Copy Share Image
I get that Republicans have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to turn my last name into a curse word. — Alexandra C. Pelosi Copy Share Image
If fighting for the legislatures meant a sacrifice of truth and nonviolence, democracy would not be worth a moment's purchase. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Starting in 2005, my first session in the legislature, my colleagues elected me to be Democratic whip. — Marc Veasey Copy Share Image
In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old… — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
“After Election, the politicians forgot their promises and enjoyed an earned rest until New Year, when they started work on the next… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it. — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
They [Republicans] assume that military action always shows strength, while avoiding military action always shows weakness. That's just crazy. — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
The Republicans claim they are for strengthening Pell grants when the truth is that over the last four years, their legislation has… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
Republicans: steely, rational, paternalistic, respectful of authority, easy to herd, the party of No. Democrats: sugary, emotional, idealistic, yearning for novelty, hard… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
The virtue of a democratic system with a [constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech] is that it readily enables the people, over… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
The perception of the West as mostly a "knight of democracy" has been replaced with the disappointed belief that pragmatism, often cynical… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
For every African state, like Ghana, where democratic institutions seem secure, there is a Mali, a Cote d'Ivoire, and a Zimbabwe, where… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
So I think that if we want to have a Congress, if we want to have government that looks like America, if… — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
For those who can, one of the things to do is not to move. To stay put. That doesn't mean don't travel;… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
“But Republicans put God and family on their side and 'we like that. The Scripture says Jesus wants us to be about… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
There are degrees of incompatibility, and there are more factors relevant to upholding democracy and human rights than the operation of neoliberal… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
We're an ignorant nation right now. We're not really capable, I do not think, the majority of our people, of making the… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
Our fathers and grandfathers who poured over the Midwest were self-reliant, rugged, God-fearing people of indomitable courage...They asked only for freedom of… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
We know that greater participation in our democracy will make our government more responsible and make elected officials more representative of the… — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
A profound transformation is happening here. The framers of our nation never envisioned these huge media giants; never imagined what could happen… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The people who say they're for democracy want nothing to do with democracy. — John Cusack Copy Share Image